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Definition of Backstays
1. backstay [n] - See also: backstay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backstays
Literary usage of Backstays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Pressure from behind is met by the backstays, which connect the topmasts and
topgallant ... Lateral pressure is met by the shrouds and breast- backstays. ..."
2. The Civil Engineer's Pocket-book by John Cresson Trautwine (1907)
"These chain backstays pass in в curve through the massive approach walls, (2И ft
high,) and descend vertically down shafts a, a, 25 ft dcep-in the solid ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Suspension Bridges: Their Design, Construction and by David Barnard Steinman (1922)
"Straight backstays (Type OF).—If the stiffening truss in the side spans is built
independent of the cable (Fig. 20), the backstays will be straight and/i=o. ..."
4. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"backstays, (BREAST,) passed round it, through an eye spliced in ;* they are set
up to a When in pairs, are fitted with eyes, the same as the shrouds, ..."
5. The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries by Cornelius McLeod Percy (1882)
"... of bottom of Main Posts—Feet of backstays—How supported—Provision for detaching
Hooka—Transverse Timbers for supporting Conductors and Weights—Strength ..."
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